Lebanon informed by Germany of arrest warrant against central bank governor - senior judicial source

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France's national financial prosecutor confirmed in a statement that it has issued an arrest warrant for Salameh

Laila Bassam, Madeline Chambers and Rachel More, Reuters News

May 23, 2023

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Lebanon has been verbally informed by Germany of an arrest warrant against Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh "on charges of corruption, forgery... and money laundry and embezzlement", a senior judicial source told Reuters on Tuesday.

No one at the German federal prosecution was immediately available to comment.

Last Friday, France's national financial prosecutor confirmed in a statement that it has issued an arrest warrant for Salameh.

Salameh has denied any wrongdoing. (Reporting by Laila Bassam, Madeline Chambers and Rachel More; Writing by Ahmed Elimam; Editing by Christina Fincher)

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